May 14, 2019

Canada’s forest products industry is facing barriers to growth that require innovation, new trade markets and supportive government policies to overcome, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Branching Out: How Canada’s Forestry Products Sector is Reshaping its Future, author Eric Miller examines how the sector is responding to its challenges recommends policies that will help expand its contribution to the Canadian economy.

October 4, 2018

For the last decade, the Government of Canada has been determined to build a new bridge across the Detroit River – the busiest trade corridor on the Canada-United States border. This drive led Canada to agree in its 2012 “Crossing Agreement” with Michigan to basically finance the entire project and to take all of the financial risk related to its future operations. Yet, these blanket commitments may prove problematic as project costs estimates for its “Gordie Howe Bridge” project continue to grow. Official project estimates were re-set in April 2018 to C$4.8 million – 17% above the original C$4 billion budget.